News | Crime I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . The daughter of a “beautiful, kind” woman killed in a hit-and-run has pleaded for witnesses come forward as police continue to hunt her mother’s killer six months on.
Ina Rodrigues, 58, was struck down by a moped as she crossed a road in Hammersmith on January 16, as she returned home from work to her two daughters. Police continue to hunt those responsible, and on Friday released new CCTV footage showing two men they would like to speak to. Ms Rodrigues’ daughter, who has been left parentless, told of the agony her family has experienced in the six months since her mother’s death and revealed details of her final moments.
“My mum was a beautiful, kind soul who loved life and all that it had to offer,” she said in a statement released through the Met. “She..
.was looking forward to the future she had ahead. “She was my last surviving parent and took on the role of mum and dad to give me and my younger sister everything she could and I was supposed to be able to give that back to her.
“She messaged us both at 6pm on Tuesday, January 16 saying she was on her way home from work. “Eight minutes into her 10-minute walk to the train station she was hit by two individuals on a moped whilst crossing Talgarth Road, at the junction with Gliddon Road, just by Barons Court station. “The two instantly fled the scene and left her in the middle of a.